Zhuge Jin took the risk to resolve Cao Cao's immediate solicitation of him,

He also justifiably got the post of Yuzhang Taishou for his uncle, and gave himself the name of a miscellaneous captain, which can be used in the follow-up crusade against Zhenrong.

He was able to do all this, of course, because he had already thought about the posture he should uphold when he was in the audience today.

Zhuge Jin knows very well that his talent can't be hidden, and he can't hide it-

If you don't show your talent and don't show your worth, why should others give you benefits? He won Youheng in public and pointed out Kong Rong in public, just to show his talent, and this idea is consistent.

After showing your talent, if you want people to be willing to let you out for a year or two, then you can only work on your own character.

For example, deliberately exposing himself as a person who is obsessed with MG, once this "human weakness" is caught by Cao Cao, Cao Cao will feel stable.

Sometimes, moderate, targeted and well-targeted "self-blackening" has been tried and tested.

After the Zhuge family successfully passed the test, all that remained was to fight for the interests of Liu Bei and Lu Bu - of course, including for Lu Bu's envoy Chen Deng and personal interests.

He Zhuge Jin is as Liu Bei's envoy, taking into account the benefits of both himself and his family. Chen Deng also did the same and got a vote for himself, isn't it too much?

Cao Cao was obviously very good at grasping people's hearts, and after chatting with Chen Deng deeply, he never mentioned the benefits to Lu Bu, and first stared at Chen Deng personally.

He noticed that on Liu Bei's seal, there was a performance of Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling, so he pretended to play it directly without thinking about it.

Chen Deng naturally put on a grateful look and gave Cao Cao a big salute.

It's just that Chen Deng in this life, compared with the same period in history, has changed his mentality greatly.

He knew that he could become the Taishou of Guangling, first of all, Liu Bei's intention was played, and only Liu Bei could ensure his smooth appointment, everything had to be inherited from Liu Bei, Cao Cao was just a favor.

And Cao Cao also has a little understanding of this, so in addition to Liu Bei's official position, he also has to give Chen Deng an extra weight - Cao Cao took the initiative to propose to give Chen Deng's father Chen Qi the title of Marquis of Guannei.

The Marquis of Guannai is the lowest rank of the marquis, not even a liehou, there is no fief, only a hereditary salary equivalent to a hundred taxes.

From the late period of Emperor Ling to the eastward migration of Emperor Xian, the price has always been clearly marked with five million yuan, and the price has not been increased for 20 years.

Chen Deng hurriedly thanked him again.

After dealing with Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng's personal connections, Cao Cao spent some more time deciding on the rewards to be given to Liu Bei and Lu Bu.

But when things come to this point, Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng have less room to play.

Because Cao Cao's attitude towards the princes of other towns is mainly determined by the actual interest relationship. The eloquence of the messenger can only play a small role.

Of course, Zhuge Jin's previous performance, as well as the good words and gestures he subtly said for Liu Bei.

After all, it also made Cao Cao raise the psychological price he was originally going to give Liu Bei an extra level and a half, which can be regarded as a big contribution.

After Cao Cao listened to their statements, he also asked people to give a banquet and split Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng, and then he himself closed the door and discussed the final decision with Xun Yu and Sima Lang.

……

After only his own people were left in the house, Cao Cao spoke more straightforwardly.

He asked Xun Yu: "Liu Bei purged Yuan Shu's power in the southernmost part of Xuzhou this time, and also attacked Ji Ling and Liu Xun, so he had to be rewarded heavily to show the princes of the world the benefits of doing things for the imperial court.

Since he is willing to continue the southern expedition and purge Yuan Shu's other forces, why don't you first crown him as the assassin of Yangzhou and lure him to contribute to Liu Xuan, who has been unfavorable for a long time? The big deal is that in addition to the actual seal, he can also give a private message to hint, telling him that as long as he partially clears the Yuan Shu forces in Yangzhou, let him replace Liu Xuan.

In this way, Liu Miao and Liu Bei can still contain each other, Liu Bei can't be the state pastor, and he can't resent the head of the court, he will only feel that the court can't bear to take away Liu Xuan's authority - what does Wen Ruo think? ”

Xun Yu pondered for a moment and agreed convincingly: "Sikong Mingjian, this method not only takes into account the merits, but also shows the virtue of the imperial court to remember the old. With Liu Miao and Liu Bei restraining each other, they don't have to worry about either side. ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard proudly: "Then what should Lu Bu do with it?" ”

Xun Yu: "As mentioned earlier, Lu Bu must not sit on the position of Xuzhou pastor, otherwise he will completely get what he needs, and he will no longer be able to guide him to do what the court wants." Even the history of Xuzhou thorn can't be given.

But while actually conferring his position, he asked Chen Deng to bring back a private message, suggesting that he was not strong enough to fight Yuan this time, and next time he had to really capture a piece of Yuan Shu's territory and annihilate some of Yuan Shu's descendants before he could actually confer the state position. Moreover, it will also make Lu Bu and Liu Bei suspicious of each other. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "This statement is quite inspiring, I have thought of a plan: only grant Lu Bu the Taishou of Pi, but also grant Chen Gong Pei the Prime Minister, Zhang Liao Pengcheng Taishou, and Mi Zhu as the Taishou of the East China Sea."

In this way, in all counties of Xuzhou, except for Langya, three Taishou are Lu Bu's people, and one Taishou is Liu Bei's people, and Lu Bu will inevitably further covet Liu Bei if he wants to expand. The temporary reconciliation between the two sides may break down again at any time.

Moreover, Lu Bu's mastermind Chen Gong and his general Zhang Liao will have the same nominal status as Lu Bu in the future, and with Lu Bu's jealousy, it will inevitably be restless inside and outside! ”

Xun Yu thought for a while and agreed again, but he also put forward a little extra precautions: "Although this method is good, it can be Lu Bu's recklessness, and it will inevitably anger the messenger who is ineffective, so it is better to summon Chen Deng alone later and test his eloquence to see if he is sure to deal with Lu Bu's anger."

Chen Deng's life and death, although it has nothing to do with the imperial court. But if he can survive after being jealous of Lu Bu, he will definitely be more willing to respond to the imperial court, which will be beneficial to Lu Bu's land in the future. ”

Cao Cao felt that it made sense, and finally summoned Chen Deng again, told him honestly that he would not give Lu Bu a state-level position, and asked Chen Deng if he was sure to stabilize Lu Bu.

Chen Deng naturally played as usual, took out the set of "Theory of Raising Tigers and Raising Eagles" that he had used in history, and rehearsed it with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and finally decided that everything would be implemented as planned.

……

The next day, it was finally the day of the Great Morning Meeting.

Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng, as envoys from Xuzhou, officially went on a pilgrimage to meet the Son of Heaven and listened to the canonization of the imperial court.

There is no need to repeat the red tape during this period, but it can be regarded as an eye-opener for Zhuge Jin, after all, he has seen with his own eyes how Liu Xie went to court.

Liu Xie is now sixteen years old, and his gestures seem to be a bit heroic.

As for other details of appearance, because of the distance and the fact that he didn't dare to look closely, Zhuge Jin couldn't observe more.

During the whole court discussion, Liu Xie didn't have many opportunities to speak, but his voice was full of anger and his mood was slightly excited.

It can be heard that he still seems to have illusions about pro-government, and his relationship with Cao Cao has not been stiffened, in short, the whole person is quite energetic.

After the process is completed, someone is responsible for reading the will:

Liu Bei, the general of Zhendong, was promoted to the general of Zhendong, and was the general of Zhengnan and led the history of Yangzhou Assassination. He assisted Liu Xuan, the pastor of Yangzhou, and continued to crusade against the Yuan rebel forces in Yangzhou.

Feng Guan Yu is the captain of the school and the marquis of Guan Nei.

Chen Deng was the Taishou of Guangling, and Mi Zhu was the Taishou of the East China Sea.

The rest of Liu Bei's forces under the command of Wenwu are not qualified to be directly canonized by the Son of Heaven, and they are not mentioned.

Of course, the people of the Zhuge family were also canonized, but they did not appear as Liu Bei's subordinates in name.

The imperial court actually awarded Zhuge Xuan as Yuzhang Taishou, on the grounds that "posthumously recognized Liu Biao's prelude", and outsiders could not see the relationship between this matter and Liu Bei.

Awarded Zhuge Jin as a young craftsman and a lieutenant of Pingyu, and assisted Zhuge Xuan to level the thief Kou Rong.

This school captain position was also established in the Jian'an period, and Cao Cao just got it out a few months ago to solve the problem that he had too many officials and the original school captain was not enough.

And the reason for Zhuge Jin's official title shown in the will did not mention that he gave advice to Liu Bei and crusaded against Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao just made people emphasize that he "planned for Kong Rong, a master craftsman, and saved a lot of money on the construction of the palace room of Xudu", so he added another "will be a young craftsman" in front of the captain of Pingyu.

In the Han system, the yamen of "Jiang Zuo Supervisor" was responsible for the construction of the royal family and government projects, and originally had one supervisor and two young eunuchs.

It's just that later, because the head of the department and the yamen itself have the same name, it is easy to be confused, so the number one leader was changed from "will be a supervisor" to "will be a master craftsman", and by the way, the deputy position was changed from a young supervisor to a young craftsman.

The handling of Lu Bu's forces in the will is exactly the same as the result of Cao Cao's private discussion with Xun Yu yesterday:

Lu Bu's general number remains unchanged, he is still only the general of Pingdong, but he is given the title of Pi Taishou.

Zhang Liao is the Taishou of Pengcheng, and Chen Gong is the prime minister of Pei Guo. The rest is not worth mentioning.

After hearing this, Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng made a big salute, accepted the order on behalf of Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and then retreated.

When he walked to the gate of the palace, Xun Yu stopped him again, and Zhuge Jin had to continue to pretend to be respectful.

Xun Yu didn't say anything else, just explained to him the reason for Liu Bei's treatment:

Sikong originally wanted to change Xuande to the general of Zhennan, lead the history of Yangzhou assassination, and promote his title to the marquis. However, looking at the classics, General Zhennan is now occupied by Liu Biao, so Xuande's military title has been upgraded by one level, and the title remains unchanged.

Originally, his military exploits in capturing Guangling were not enough to conquer the position of the south, and after he went back, he had to tell him to make persistent efforts and not to live up to the holy grace, so as to live up to his name. ”

Zhuge Jin hurriedly said that he would definitely bring the words.

The Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion failed to be promoted to the Marquis of Yicheng Township, and the title was lost. But General Zhennan became General Zhengnan, which seems to be more valuable than the difference in titles, and it is indeed earned.

Thanks to Liu Biao, General Zhennan's pit was occupied first.